A few thoughts on personality

Personality is a person's habitualized way of thinking, feeling and reacting to behavior. Personality is influenced by innate genetics and acquired environment, and is more stable in adulthood. Strictly speaking, personality is not good or bad, but personality affects the way an individual interacts with the environment, and can be a favorable or unfavorable condition for a person's growth. Therefore, by fully recognizing one's own personality traits and discovering one's own strengths and weaknesses, one can better adapt to the environment and society, and better achieve success and happiness.

The Big Five personality model is the dominant personality theory, which describes a person's personality in terms of Extraversion, Agreeableness, Cautiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness.

The distinguishing mark of extraversion is the individual's active engagement with the outside world. Extroverts enjoy being around people, are energetic, and often harbor positive emotional experiences. Introverts tend to be quiet, inhibited, cautious, and less interested in the external world. Introverts prefer to be alone, and the independence and caution of introverts can sometimes be mistaken for unfriendliness or arrogance.

Desirability reflects individual differences in cooperation and social cohesion. Desirable individuals value harmony with others, so they are considerate and friendly, generous and helpful, and willing to be humble. Undesirable individuals are more concerned with their own interests. They are generally unconcerned about others and are sometimes suspicious of others' motives. Unsuitable individuals are very rational and are well suited to science, engineering, military, and other such situations that require objective decision making.

Discretion refers to the way we control, manage, and regulate our impulses. Impulsivity is not always bad, and sometimes circumstances require us to be able to make quick decisions. Impulsive individuals are often considered happy, fun, and great playmates. But impulsive behaviors often get themselves into trouble, and while they may bring temporary satisfaction to the individual, they are prone to long-term negative consequences, such as aggression, drug use, and so on. Impulsive individuals generally do not achieve much. Cautious individuals tend to avoid trouble and are able to achieve greater success. People generally perceive cautious individuals as more intelligent and reliable, but a cautious individual may be a perfectionist or a workaholic. Extremely cautious individuals feel monotonous, boring, and lacking in life.

Neuroticism refers to an individual's tendency to experience negative emotions. Individuals who score high on the neuroticism dimension are more likely to experience negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, and depression. They react more strongly to external stimuli than the average person, are less able to regulate their emotions, and are often in a poor emotional state. And these people are less able to think, make decisions, and respond effectively to external pressures. In contrast, people who score low on the neuroticism dimension are less troubled, less emotional, and calmer, but this does not indicate that they often have positive emotional experiences; the frequency of positive emotional experiences is a major component of extraversion.

Openness describes a person's cognitive style. People who score high on Openness are imaginative and creative, curious, appreciate art, and are sensitive to beauty. People with openness favor abstract thinking and have a wide range of interests. Closed-minded people are practical, favor routine, and are more traditional and conservative. Open-minded people are suitable for professors and other professions, while closed-minded people are suitable for police, sales and service professions.